September 21, 2011

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Kyrie O’Connor, senior editor of the Houston Chronicle and frequent panelist on NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me…,” has been named interim editor of the San Antonio Express-News, following the departure of longtime editor Robert Rivard. Both papers are owned by Hearst.

Jamie Stockwell, metro editor of the Express-News, was promoted to managing editor.

Full announcement after the jump.

(Hat tip: Beth Frerking)

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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS ANNOUNCES TWO EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS

SAN ANTONIO, September 21, 2011 -- Kyrie O'Connor, senior editor of the Hearst-owned Houston Chronicle, has been named interim editor of the San Antonio Express-News. Jamie Stockwell, metro editor of the Express-News, has been promoted to managing editor. The announcement was made by Mark Aldam, president of Hearst Newspapers, the parent company of the San Antonio Express-News, and Tom Stephenson, the newspaper’s publisher. The appointments follow the resignation of Robert Rivard, editor and executive vice president of the newspaper.

O’Connor joined the Houston Chronicle in 2003 as deputy managing editor/features, and was later senior editor/features and Texas features editor. At the Chronicle, she wrote a daily memo to her staff about trends in popular culture and discoveries she made about life in Houston. O’Connor eventually turned the memo into “MeMo,” one of the Chronicle's first blogs and, in 2005, won an EPpy award from Editor & Publisher for the effort. She is a regular panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me. In 1989, O’Connor joined The Hartford Courant as a copy editor, soon moving into editor roles in the features department and eventually assistant managing editor. There, she led the creation and redesign of many of the newspaper's feature sections. O’Connor began her journalism career at Connecticut’s Bristol Press and later covered the state legislature for a small news service.

Stockwell came to the Express-News in 2007 as an assistant city editor, becoming one of two in charge of the crime team. She was promoted to deputy metro editor in 2008 and metro editor a year later. An award-winning journalist, she began her career at the Washington Post, where for eight years she wrote mostly about criminal justice.

“We are fortunate to have two very talented journalist to assume the leadership of our newsroom in San Antonio,” Aldam said. “Both Kyrie and Jamie have distinguished themselves as award-winning journalists as well as leaders of multi-media innovation. I have high confidence in both of these great news professionals.”

“Bob has had a distinguished career at the Express-News and I have enjoyed working alongside of him for the past 14 years,” Stephenson said. “His passion for news and for the community is second to none, and I wish him nothing but the best as he enters the next chapter of his life.”

“After 35 years as a newspaperman, I have decided to retire as editor and executive vice president-news of the Express-News,” Rivard said. “I look forward to pursuing new opportunities in a new field. As you know, I thought about leaving last year for a position in academia, but ended up staying. This time it’s the right time. It’s been a great honor and experience to hold this position since 1997, but the time has come for new leadership with new energy and new ideas.”

O’Connor graduated cum laude from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Stockwell is a 1999 journalism graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

The San Antonio Express-News, established in 1865 and acquired by Hearst Corporation in 1993, is the third largest daily newspaper in Texas. The Express-News is ranked No. 1 in Sunday readership among major U.S. newspapers. San Antonio is the largest major U.S. city with a Hispanic majority and is home to four major military bases.

A multimillion-dollar expansion in 1994, which included state-of-the-art Goss Colorliner presses, has contributed to the newspaper's consistent recognition in superior print quality and the development of a commercial printing division.

The Express-News is the largest distributor of news and information in South Texas, with dedicated news bureaus located in Austin (together with the Houston Chronicle) and Brownsville. The newspaper has the ability to send advertising messages to upper-income households in Monterrey with its Mexico Express service, and to target households in San Antonio, based on any demographic criteria, through its direct mail division. Conexion, a weekly bicultural publication, began publishing in May 2004 and targets Hispanic and bicultural households in San Antonio and South Texas.

The Express-News owns MySanAntonio.com, the leading local website that San Antonians trust for current news and information.

Hearst Corporation (www.hearst.com) is one of the nation’s largest diversified media companies. Its major interests include ownership of 15 daily and 38 weekly newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union; hundreds of magazines around the world, including Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, ELLE and O, The Oprah Magazine; 29 television stations, which reach a combined 18% of U.S. viewers; ownership in leading cable networks, including Lifetime, A&E, History and ESPN; as well as business publishing, including a minority joint venture interest in Fitch Ratings; Internet and marketing services businesses, television production, newspaper features distribution and real estate.

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